Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-12-02
A Bright Schemer.

professional rear estate 'Dootner
while riding on horseback through the
pine woods of Arkansaw. came upon n
peculiar looking fellow sitting under q
tree. deeply Interested in a sort Of IA
gram. which. with short stick. he was
drawing in the sand
"IIow are youP" said the boomer.
dismounting.
'Ain't complaint" the fellow re-
piled, contemplating fresh mark VIII oh
he made in the sand.
"You seem to be lay ny off town
there"
mo, | amt don that. nuther."
Must be some sort Of land scheme
you've got on hand"
mo, il amt that, nuthcr"
Il was in hopes so. You see my
business"
mo. ! didn't see yorc b zness. nuth-
en-"
wait minute. say my business
is to go into a neighbour God and inn
mediutely bring up the value of land by
stimulating spirit OF speculation.
Say for instance. that you've got one
hundred acres that you'd like to sell
but for which you have not found a
market l see YOU secretly and enter
into an arrangement with you Short
~ afterwards l meet you at the cross
roads where you are ting with
a number OF follows. ! meet you rs il
for the first I me, fall into conversation.
gradua ly come down to land matters
and after awhile ask you who owns a
cert;ii tract You do. | would like
10 buy 1t. You regard the matter care
lossly just as observe you are admira-
bly, fitted 10 do. and without giving me
any satisfaction. get up and go of.
Then | take out sort OF map and after
looking over il for some time humble
something about new railroad, as if ]
don't care about any body hearing me-
and after showing considerable anxiety
concerning you, ask where you have
gone. and start out to look for you. !
fail to find you and come back 10 the
place where the fellows are sitting.
Finally explain all about the new IA J.
road. and speak of you as a most fortu-
nate fellow. for the new depot is 90 NO
to be located on your land. start out
TO look for you again, and while ]
am gone you come back. b this time
those fellows have formed sort OF
syndicate to cheat you out Of ,our place.
The leader begins to ask about your
land, all the time keeping a sharp look
out to sec il am coming back, and the
first thing YOU know you've sold your
place for ten mes as much as IT i.
worth. After that, of course you give
me certain per cent. Of the money.
See?n
The d agram-maker spraug to hs
feet. Knocked the boomer down and
kicked him; and rs he was trying TO get
up. knocked him senseless. When the
boomer came to. he ra sed up and said;
wv III on let me go now?'
The pccuiarlooking fellow glanced
up from the diagram. upon VIII ch he
had resumed work. and replied;
Reckon you better"
The boomer got up, and, after brush
ing the sand off his clothes, SAID.
Would YOU mind telling stranger
who is acquainted with the social Gus
toms Of The community, why you
bumped me around that way?'
mo. wouldn't mind. You see.
TELLER with the same game come
through here about n month ago, an /
was one of the fools that was roped
into buyin' old sedge field that AIM
with ten cents.
Thank you for your information.
| do not care to be inqus,tive. but
will YOU please tell me what sort OF
map that is YOU are working on so
mtentlyp"
IL am irwin TO see ef ken make
map shown how railroad ken git
round cypress swamp, over bayou.
over sand mountain, through another
swamp and then cit to the old field
that possul of us fellers bought
Stranger, | reckon you'd better mosy
along. now. "-ArkdnSaO TrdcelGr.
Pussy's Mysterious Fate.